Police Officer (Academy Graduate)

Pleasanton, CA
Pleasanton Police Department

Salary: $56.06 – $68.10 Hourly.

Position Summary:

The Pleasanton Police Department is committed to protecting life, preventing crime, and enhancing the quality of life in our community. The department is organized into three divisions. The Operations Division, the Investigations Division, and the Support Services Division. The Operations Division includes patrol, the Traffic Unit, and the Alternate Response Unit (ARU). The Investigation Division manages the Criminal Investigations Unit, Youth and Community Services, Personnel and Training, Special Enforcement Unit as well as our Community Outreach and social media. This division is also responsible for in-service training and certified courses to ensure compliance with Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) and applicable educational mandates for all sworn and civilian police personnel. The Support Services Division includes Dispatch, Records and is responsible for public records management.

Requirements:

  • Qualified applicants must possess a US high school diploma or G.E.D. equivalent. Prior experience in law enforcement and successful completion of some college course work in criminology, police sciences or a related field is desirable.
  • Must be at least 21 years of age at the time of appointment.
  • Must possess a Basic Certificate from P.O.S.T. at the time of appointment to Police Officer.
  • 20/100 uncorrected vision in each eye, correctable to 20/30 or better. Must have normal color vision as established from an established color vision test, and no hearing loss over 25 db in the 500, 1000, 2000 frequency range. No loss over 45 db in the 3000 or 4000 range as revealed by standard auditory test.
  • Possession of, or ability to obtain a valid Class C California driver’s license and proof of auto liability insurance is required.
  • Satisfactory completion of a thorough background investigation. Must have not been convicted for a crime which could have resulted in state or federal imprisonment.
  • Successful completion of drug screen, medical, psychological, and polygraph examinations.